October 31 2014

Ranch rounds done... sledge hammer swung... cement chunks moved... not very many... it's been some time since I've seriously swung a sledge hammer... yesterday was mild in comparison to today's challenge... wire in the cement... argh... thick chunks... no I did not get very far with it... but I did get a bit done… and I tried… so I will try again … and again getting it done bit by bit…

Took a hot soak in the bathtub… yes with Epsom salts… ate some dinner… tired… geez those cement chunks are heavy… no way I’m moving them on my own unless I break them up into smaller pieces…

Would have been fun to have seen folks out and about in their costumes… just did not have it in me to drive into town… aw well… gonna put my feet back up… and watch ncis new Orleans… yeah I know it was on earlier in the week… watching it online… kicked satellite tv to the curb shortly after David passed over… probably fall asleep in the recliner…

Mastiffs are barking … some critter is prowling around outside the yard… got up and let them inside… glad I have those dogs out here… lost a guinea last night… owl snatched it up out of the tree it was roosting in… dinner on the fly… owls at night… eagles and hawks during the day… it is what it is…

The mastiffs were barking one evening… I stepped out to see what was up and this beautiful buck deer was silhouetted at the top of the hill… would have loved to have gotten a pic… but it was gone before I could get my camera…

Beautiful moon tonight…

Nite peeps…

Mary E. Robbins

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October 29 2014

Hey Peeps... Victory! I finally got the beet greens done... 28 quarts... after picking... sorting... washing 3 times... slicing... bagging... I just stacked them in the chest freezer... put some in the large crock pot with some chicken... an onion... cup of brown rice... cup of mixed dry beans... and a bag of mixed veggies... with rosemary and thyme... and a bit of redmond's natural salt...

Looking forward to having some of that... later... much later...

who'd a thought a little green and red leaf could trounce me... truth be told I am whipped... gonna take a bit of a break and then head out to do ranch rounds... and pick up some cement chunks with a friend... that is unless I can talk him into doing that a different day... it is a beautiful day outside though... and as long as I can still walk pushing my boundaries should make this body stronger...

it's the food prep... ranch work... fat loss workout... lol...

seriously though I am whipped... next year I am thinking it would be a much better idea to pick beet greens throughout the summer and put them up a bit at a time rather than this all at once thing... argh!

oh yeah... the beet roots and onions are sitting in the pantry... want to process the onion tops... and the beets... not today though...

later taters...

gratitudes: a sunny day... food in the freezer... the ability to walk... even when it hurts...

Mary E. Robbins

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